Alongside my art journal I have been working my way through the Stitch Club challenges. Stitch Club is an offshoot of Textile Artist.org and has various textile artists giving short workshops for members to try as a way to inspire, increase, expand their practise.
This was a workshop by Anne Kelly which was ostensibly about recording a journey. What with Covid, not much travel has happened that I have ticket stubs etc available for so I went for travels through my fabric stash. Each piece used has been part of another ‘make’ in the last twelve months, whether it be a face mask, a piece of clothing or a repair.
I keep a jar of leftover pieces – you never know when they might come in handy – and these have been sandwiched between a thin cotton and some ‘fabric paper’ that I’ve had for about a decade. The stitching is done by machine and, let me tell you, a fair amount of cursing when my machine refused to play ball!
Luckily it all came out ok in the end. Phew!
I’ve used it as a notebook cover. I don’t always make things from my stitched pieces, but this one cried out for a job.
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